The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 476: Xianfeng was captured and the Tsar was going to die (Request for subscription and ticket)
Is this the end of the Qing Dynasty?
No, the Qing Dynasty has not ended yet, but Jin Aduo is about to end, and he will "end" in place of Emperor Xianfeng!

Until this moment, Jin Aduo still felt like he was dreaming, and couldn't believe what had just happened. He watched with his own eyes as the sedan chair that Hong Xiuquan was sitting in was blown to pieces by the cannon. He thought to himself that even if Hong Xiuquan was not killed, he must have been seriously injured. But who would have thought that he was like nothing had happened, not only could he still command the army, but he even rode a hot air balloon into the sky! My God, could it be that Hong Xiuquan was really a god from heaven who came down to earth to deal with mortals like them?

If Hong Xiuquan was really a god, then the Qing Dynasty would be hopeless, and Jin Aduo would be finished with him. Even if he could escape from this damn place, what's the point of being given a hereditary first-class duke? The Qing Dynasty was almost gone, and this duke title was just like a piece of waste paper, useless.

But now, he was wearing the emperor's "winter crown" on his head, and was followed by a group of people riding yellow jackets, running all the way east. He looked like a Qing emperor who was running away when his army was defeated. He thought to himself, can I explain to the pursuers behind me that I am not the emperor, but a fake? There is no way they will believe me! Even if they really believe me, will they let me go? Since they have been chased to this point, they must capture me and hand me over to Hong Xiuquan for punishment. There is no other way. Among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best strategy. I should run away quickly!
But before they ran far, Jin Aduo and the dozens of "yellow jackets" who were protecting him heard several crisp gunshots from behind! These gunshots were like death warrants, and they were scared. Looking back, they saw a group of Taiping cavalrymen, all wearing yellow clothes, who abandoned the main battlefield and chased them like mad wild dogs, biting them hard behind their buttocks. These hundreds of Taiping cavalrymen, all carried carbines on their backs, and the setting sun shone on the bright gun tips, the cold light was flashing, and it was scary to look at. But what made Jin Aduo and others even more desperate was that these chasing Taiping cavalrymen were actually riding two horses!
Horses are very delicate, just like the daughters of wealthy families. You can't push them too hard. If they hurt their hooves, collapse their waists, or lose their sweat from running, they need to be properly nursed back to health. If you push them too hard, and make them run for a while while carrying a 100-pound man, they will most likely die on the road. So, if you want to keep up speed in a pursuit, the best way is to bring two more horses and ride them in rotation.

But when Jin Aduo and his men left the camp, each of them received a horse. Seeing the pursuers getting closer and closer, they no longer cared about the horses' strength, and all whipped the horses desperately, hoping to gain some distance. This method was like drinking poison to quench thirst. Although it worked for a while, soon, Jin Aduo and his "yellow jackets" could no longer ride. Either they slowed down and could not run no matter how hard they were whipped, or they simply fell to the ground with a "thump".

At this moment, the crisp sound of gunfire rang out again, this time it was continuous, just like the firecrackers during the New Year, without a break. Along with the gunfire, there were also the neighing of war horses, the screams of people, and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. Jin Aduo had been to the battlefield several times after all, and he still had some ability to save his life. When he heard the gunfire again, he knew that the enemy was very close to him without even looking. The previous gunshots were probably the enemy calling his companions to chase together. Now the gunshots rang again, it must be that they were catching up and wanted to kill.

So he immediately lay down on the horse's back, hugged the horse's neck tightly, and muttered to himself: "Amitabha, Amitayus, God bless you, Allah is great..." Wow, he prayed to all the gods he could think of.

Hey, you know what, his prayers really worked, the gunshots really stopped gradually. Then he heard a woman with a Central Plains accent shouting, "You can't run away, you don't want to get off your horse and die!"

Jin Aduo turned around and saw that all his yellow jacket guards were gone. He didn't know whether they were captured or had already reported to the King of Hell. The one closest to him was a long-haired female general who rode a big red horse, wore a yellow tight cotton jacket, and held a long spear. The female general was less than ten steps away from him, and the large group of people behind him was still thirty or forty steps away. Hey, this female general was pretty, with big eyes, a high nose bridge, fair skin, and a good figure. She looked so heroic while riding on a horse and holding a long spear, like a real female hero.

Jin Aduo usually visited the Eight Great Hutongs, but at this moment he could still sigh: "What a beautiful girl..."

As soon as he praised her, the beauty took out a revolver and fired a barrage of bullets at the rear end of the horse under Jin Aduo's crotch. It was really a hit with two bullets. The horse was already foaming at the mouth from running, and suddenly it was hit twice on the rear end. It couldn't stand it anymore, and screamed miserably, and its hind legs softened, and it fell sideways.

Jin Aduo reacted quickly, pulling his feet out of the stirrups and pulling them back in time, thus saving one leg when the horse fell, otherwise it would have been broken. However, the fall was still quite severe, and he fell heavily on the muddy ground, making him dizzy and dazed. Before he could struggle to get up, the tip of the spear was already against his chest, and then he heard a delicate shout: "Du Jinchan of the Nian Army has captured the evil head of Emperor Xianfeng alive!"

Du Jinchan had a great voice, and her voice was so loud that it could be heard far away even in the noisy battlefield. The Nian Army soldiers who heard her shouting also shouted along with her: "Nian Army Du Jinchan has captured the evil Xianfeng alive..."

Other Taiping soldiers who heard the shouts also shouted: "We have captured the evil Xianfeng! We have captured Xianfeng!"

Soon, the battlefield north of Baoying City was filled with shouts of “Xianfeng has been captured!”

The Qing army, which was already on the verge of collapse, heard the Taiping Army on the battlefield shouting "Xianfeng has been captured", and they could no longer hold back and collapsed in an instant. No one wanted to resist the Taiping Army anymore, and they all ran away, rushing north in a huge mass.

Yang Xiuqing and Daozi were supervising the battle in the middle of the Taiping Army at this time, watching the more than 10,000 male soldiers and 2,000 female soldiers below, who were constantly attacking the thousands of Qing troops who had been cut off and were in chaos. Suddenly, they heard the cry of "Xianfeng was captured", and they both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Yang Xiuqing looked back at Daozi, who was already in tears and his lips were still trembling slightly. Yang Xiuqing smiled slightly: "Finally won... The Heavenly King will be very pleased to see us capture Xianfeng!"

Daozi nodded, then lifted her robe, knelt down, and bowed to Yang Xiuqing: "Daozi and the sisters in the female camp are willing to follow the Eastern King to attack Beijing and destroy the Qing monsters!" Yang Xiuqing smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, okay, let's go to Beijing together!" He paused, then suddenly calmed down and said in a low voice: "Daozi, no, we can't make public the death of the Heavenly King yet."

He pointed to the hot air balloon still floating in the sky and said, "If the king hadn't returned, it wouldn't have been so easy for us to win."

"Daozi understands!" Daozi nodded, "Just tell me what the King of the East wants me to do!"

Yang Xiuqing whispered, "Please help me go to Tianjing and tell the King of Wu, the King of Yan, and the King of Yu that the Heavenly King was slightly injured but is not seriously injured. Also, tell them that the Heavenly King and I won a great victory in Baoying and may have captured Emperor Xianfeng!"

"Yes!"

Macau, Royal Wharf.

Amidst the drizzle, neatly arranged Taiping soldiers were silently boarding the ship. The waves in the Qianshan waterway were quite large, pushing the large and small steamships on the dock to rise and fall. All the ships had started their engines, and in the mist, black smoke rose from the Macau port, and the sound of whistles rose one after another.

On the dock, two Taiping Heavenly Kings and a cardinal wearing dragon robes were walking leisurely. Everywhere they passed, all the officers and soldiers bowed to them. These three people were Luo Yaoguo, Shi Dakai and Paul de Doria.

Today was the day when Luo Yaoguo and Paul de Doria boarded the ship to leave Macau. Shi Dakai came to see them off.

Among them, Luo Yaoguo will lead two Taiping Army divisions to embark on the journey back north, but not to return to Tianjing, but will meet up with a division led by Su Sanniang and Zhu Ba in Shanghai, and then go north by sea. He has now received a report from Su Sanniang that Hong Xiuquan has left Tianjing and joined Yang Xiuqing's army.

This was indeed a "not too big, not too small" trouble, and Luo Yaoguo had to go north to deal with it himself! So he could only end his affairs in Guangzhou ahead of time and leave the rest of the tasks of pacifying Guangdong, establishing the Guangzhou Special Economic Zone, settling Guangdong Hongbing and militia, and presiding over the distribution of land in Guangdong to Yi Wang Shi Dakai.

Fortunately, Shi Dakai is very capable and should be able to handle this bunch of things well.

Paul de Doria was going back to Europe - as Luo Yaoguo's special envoy and the archbishop of Nanjing Province, he had a lot of things to do. In order to help Archbishop Paul complete his mission, Luo Yaoguo arranged for Wu Chongyao, the head of the Wu family in Guangzhou, to lead a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom delegation to travel to the West with him on a speedboat.

In addition, Luo Yaoguo also wrote personal letters to the French Emperor, the British Queen and the Pope respectively, in which he revealed a secret to them - the Russian Tsar would die soon!

(End of this chapter)